| Date: | August 17–25 |
| Edition: | 44th |
| Location: | New Haven, United States |
| Draw: | 30S / 16D |
| Surface: | Hard / outdoor |
| Category: | WTA Premier |
| Champs: |  Petra Kvitová |
| Champd: |  Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond |
The 2012 New Haven Open at Yale (New Haven Open at Yale presented by First Niagara for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 44th edition of the New Haven Open at Yale, and was part of the Premier Series of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 17 through August 25, 2012. It was the last event on the 2012 US Open Series before the 2012 US Open.[1]
| Country | Player | Ranking* | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | Petra Kvitová | 5 | 2 | |
| 8 | 3 | |||
 Italy | 10 | 4 | ||
 France | 11 | 5 | ||
 Slovakia | Dominika Cibulková | 13 | 6 | |
 Russian Federation | 14 | 7 | ||
| Czech Republic | 19 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players entry as lucky loser:
The following players withdrew from the singles main draw:
Kaia Kanepi (achilles tendon injury) Christina McHale (gastrointestinal illness) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Flavia Pennetta (wrist injury) Francesca Schiavone (gastrointestinal illness) Varvara Lepchenko (wrist injury) Agnieszka Radwańska (right shoulder injury)
Caroline Wozniacki (right knee injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liezel Huber | Lisa Raymond | 2 | 1 | |||
| Andrea Hlaváčková | Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 2 | |||
| Katarina Srebotnik | Zheng Jie | 38 | 3 | |||
 Spain | Nuria Llagostera Vives | María José Martínez Sánchez | 38 | 4 |
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Paola Suárez (low back injury)See main article: 2012 New Haven Open at Yale – Singles. Petra Kvitová defeated Maria Kirilenko, 7–6(11–9), 7–5
See main article: 2012 New Haven Open at Yale – Doubles. Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
